Dehradun, April 18 -- The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) at Himalayan Hospital, Jolly Grant, has installed a Halcyon B Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy machine. Dr Vijay Dhasmana, President of Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU), formally inaugurated the machine, dedicating it to public health.

With the continuous increase in cancer cases in India, the demand from patients has led to the commencement of operations using the advanced Halcyon B Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy machine at Himalayan Hospital. This also makes Himalayan Hospital the first and only private teaching hospital in Uttarakhand to install such an advanced machine.

During the inauguration, Dr Vijay Dhasmana stated that, although the statistics on cancer are alarmin...